The old man said that this place is called Xucheng, which was originally a relatively large town in Ningluo.
Xucheng is the border of Ningluo. It was also a very wealthy place more than 20 years ago.
However, in the past ten years or so, there have been successive years of drought, and even the rivers have slowly dried up. The temperature difference between morning and evening has also become larger and larger, and almost no grass can grow.
Many people left here with their families and went to live elsewhere.
Xucheng is relatively close to Beiwei. The invasion of Northern Wei is no longer a matter of one or two years. As the population of Xucheng became smaller and smaller, it became a place often harassed by Northern Guard soldiers.
After they arrived, they didn't kill or injure anyone. They just robbed everyone of their meager food rations and destroyed houses wantonly.
Originally, Ning Luo also had an army in Xucheng, but the army's food and grass supply was insufficient. It was good enough not to harass and rob the people, but they later withdrew bit by bit.
Half a year ago, the last small group of soldiers also withdrew.
Obviously, it was Ning Luo who gave up on Xucheng.
The remaining ten or so families could not see any hope, so they all left.
"Grandma was alone, and she was ill at the time, so she didn't leave. Later, a dozen strangers came here, left some food and drink for grandma, and after asking for directions, they went to Ningluo City. Yes." Xiaobai said.
Ningluo City is the capital of Ningluo. The old man has never been there, but he has heard someone say before that he can reach it if he keeps going west.
"Did grandma say anything special happened in Xucheng more than ten years ago?" Lin Luo asked.
"I asked grandma, but grandma refused to tell." Xiaobai replied. "Just murmuring about the gods to blame, Xucheng's today is Ningluo's tomorrow."
"Looking at it this way, the dozen or so people before us should also have traveled from later generations. It's not normal for people to come in waves like this." Meng Lan said thoughtfully.
"Grandma said, including us, there are only two groups." Xiaobai said. "But I think this is only something grandma knows. Maybe someone has been here before and she doesn't know."
"It makes sense." Chen Duo said. "Let's ignore others first. Do we also want to go to Ningluo?"
"Go!" Meng Lan said. "Wandering around here probably won't yield any results. If we go to Ningluo, we might be able to find Mumu."
She always felt that Mumu was the key to taking them back.
As for how the others came or how they went back, she didn't care at all.
"Well, there's nothing to do now, and the weather is neither too cold nor too hot. Let's do some work together!" Lin Luo said, standing up. "Let's go out first, I need to pack up the tent."
Several people didn't know what Lin Luo was going to do. They were a little curious, so they all took their own small stools and went outside.
Xiaohong, Xiaoming and Xiaoqiang no longer fight against landlords. They bring Erha and Xiaobai together to learn to speak that ancient dialect with Xiaobai.
Shen Han and Chen Duo packed up the tent and put it aside.
Lin Luo squatted on the ground, and in an instant, everyone saw another tent appear on the ground out of thin air, the kind that had been set up.
When Xiaohong saw it, she immediately understood that Lin Luo wanted her to copy it again.
Lin Luo put the tent he had just folded into the tent he had set up.
"If you have anything you want to copy, you can put it in it." Lin Luo said.
"Copy?" Chen Xiaoqian opened her curious and beautiful eyes. "Is that what I mean?"
"Yes." Lin Luo said with a smile. "Otherwise there won't be enough tents, and it will save us from eating all the food."
Chen Xiaoqian stood up, ran to the tent, and looked at the piles of things inside, including food, drink, clothing, and pots and pans. She was instantly amazed.
"Can I not go out?" Chen Xiaoqian shouted inside the tent. "I'm so lonely, I need someone else to accompany me."
Before Lin Luo could speak, she heard Shen Han and Chen Duo say in unison: "No!"
The two looked at each other.
Chen Duo sighed: "Having you alone is enough for us. You'd better come out quickly!"
Chen Xiaoqian curled her lips and walked out of the tent.
"I knew it!" Chen Xiaoqian was indignant. "If you open your mouth, I can't have a 'we'."
"Hurry up and get yourself married, and then you will be the one." Meng Lan smiled.
"Hmph!" Chen Xiaoqian raised her head proudly and looked at Lin Luo. "They married people don't understand the freedom and happiness of being single."
"Sister Xiaoqian is so smart!" Xiaoqiang said softly. "As smart as my sister."
What's so good about falling in love?
Does your boyfriend have such cute and well-behaved children?
Xiaoqiang couldn't understand this question very much.
Meng Lan, Shen Han and Chen Duo felt understood, but they couldn't argue with the children.
"Your copying ability can't copy living things?" Meng Lan asked.
Lin Luo nodded.
Chen Xiaoqian suddenly realized.
She said, why is there only one for each child!
Alas! that's too regretful.
Otherwise, she can ask Lin Luo to copy a few little buns to keep her company.
"We don't have anything else to copy," Shen Han said. "You can just copy our clothes."
right!
Lin Luo quickly took out Shen Han and Chen Duo's down jackets and put them in the tent.
"Sister Lan and Xiaoqian can wear mine." Lin Luo said.
After putting things away, Xiaohong put her little hands on the tent and muttered something.
Meng Lan and the four of them all had expressions of understanding.
It turns out that the person who can copy is not Lin Luo, but the little beauty.
Seeing the tent appear again out of thin air, Chen Xiaoqian hurriedly ran in.
"It's amazing, another tent thing." Chen Xiaoqian said.
Lin Luo took out the folded tent inside the original tent and put a bunch of tent items back into the space.
Among the replicated tents, there is also a working tent.
"There are two tents available now." Lin Luo said. "Everyone help me put the contents of this tent into the space, and we will have three tents available."
"How to release it? Can we release it too?" Chen Duo asked.
"Anyone can put it in, but only I can take it out." Lin Luo said.
Meng Lan picked up the small stone Lin Luo put on the ground.
Sure enough, she could only see small stones, not space.
There is strength in numbers, and in just a moment, everyone put all the unused things into the space.
Some food and a briquette stove were left behind.
"You even have firewood, you are really a master of housekeeping." Shen Han couldn't help but laugh.
"It's a pity that there is no generator, and I don't seem to know how to use it." Lin Luo said.
"I'll buy it when we get back," Chen Duo said. "If you don't know how to use it, you can study it."
"Okay!" Lin Luo agreed with a smile.
Sighed inwardly.
Who knows if we will see each other again when we go back!
She has become accustomed to one world after another. As long as her four children and Erha are around her and separated from others, she will not be sad.
It’s not like when you first arrived in the world of “taking your life”, you would think about going home, nor like when you were separated from Meng Yuan, Anxin, Qin Yu and the others, you would feel melancholy in your heart.
